Projects in community get charity cash grant

GRANTS for community and environmental projects in the district have been announced by community charity Welcome to our Future.

Through its management of the Severn Waste Environmental Fund, the charity awarded grants totalling £68,156 to charitable and voluntary organisations across the two counties.

Choosing those whose projects demonstrated they furthered sustainable development through the involvement of their local communities and that the work they were planning would directly or indirectly benefit the environment.

There was also a grant of £6,500 to Herefordshire and Worcestershire Earth Heritage Trust towards a new geology touch screen panel, interpretation panels and leaflets at Worcester’s new library and history centre The Hive in Worcester.

Severn Waste’s development director Ian Barber, said: “We are delighted to see such a wide range of projects in this round of funding applications. Community facilities, sports and recreation and the natural world all feature prominently, which is just what the Landfill Communities Fund is all about”.